Sky Striker Annihilates The "New Meta" In 1 Turn (Master 1 Deck): Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel 

Never tried a build like this but I had in mind creating a list with all spells being live in my hand, this implies not running multiple once per turn cards. I’ll need to dig to find out if there are enough of them that are actually good.

@frozenbyicebeam first of all nice vid man, does this build do well against unaffected mosnter such as purrly, ignister etc

@@haiqalmuntadzar2067 those decks arent really common rn but u can see in the decklist theres 1 herald of the abyss cuz i still respect purrely quite a bit so with 3 copies of thrust + 1 herald, chance of u having access to the out is just as rare as running into one of those decks in high ranks

Can you make a safe List too ?

@AljoschaW1993 sure, but it wont be until another season cuz im done with climbing on this account, playing at the riskfree M1 rank doesnt seem that good cuz my opponents just play whatever there thanks to the fact that they cant rank down --> not a good environment to test out ur deck

Indeed! I think tear is actually a harder matchup for the deck than fire king due to the shufflers and snow constantly being in the GY so i normally have harder time against those.

Very patient and methodic with them plays

I’m so terrible compared to guys like you😂

Uve been hit by....Smooth criminal

YOOOO 💣💣💣

Haha thats pretty funny yeah

Amazing duel. Man I enjoyed the intense interaction.

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Thats...quite accurate lol, not sandwich particularly but i do a lot of other things in the meantine

Wow, thats very nice, gratz on the successful climb :D

@@frozenbyicebeam Thanks, I'm getting sick of snake eye fire king tho. What's the best way to deal with it?

@@yes3293 there r like 5 snake eyes fire king replays in this video i think? Or was it 4 i cant remember. But the order that u use ur cards against them matters a lot so misplays might happen quite often

@@frozenbyicebeam Yeah I guess that's it. What should I deal with first, ideally?

@@yes3293 its not strictly in any particular order but it depends on what ur opponents do and u react to them accordingly, this requires understanding of what deck ur opponent is piloting, so its pretty tough to have a clear line, what u need to pay attention to is that against fire king there r usually known interuptions like princess, kirin, linkuriboh, sky burn, amblowhale u need to keep track of, and the reason for me saying it has no order is that the opponent can trigger whatever he feels like that leads to the same result (for example destroying ur card with princess/kirin but they can do either of them first and then u would have to evaluate the situation and play ur cards accordingly). Not even to mention if they maxx c-ed ull have to think of the potential effect veiler and such, its an enormous amount of things to keep track off, thats why it makes this matchup fun imo, no clear line, just reactive

Hard agree!

Hmm i think i play blind 2nd decks too much that it doesnt scare me to have nothing during their first turn anymore Just the mentality thing. Also having board breakers and trying to break the board or otk instead gives me adrenaline rush lol. I can still play going first decks and handtraps them correctly for sure but that style fits the live gameplay more than the replays which i cant do yet cuz of my low quality mics, surely u wouldnt wanna watch a replay in which i resolves maxx C lol, i wouldnt personally.

Lol im doing great, hopefully the same happens to you

YESSIR IT IS!!!

XD

Lmao yeah, maxx C is just so painful, it gate keeps a lot of builds not just for sky striker but for many other decks, unless ur deck specializes on OTKing then ull have an option to just go for it and ignore the C

I use the handtrap versions if the format is horrible for boardbreakers which its not rn and using breakers r more satisfying to me so if i could run them and climb then i would In this meta i really hate the fact that aside from maxx C the other handtraps u always have to draw 2 of them to have a chance st stopping the meta decks cuz they always play through 1 easily and some even plays through 2 which is a bit irritating for my taste. If ur new i absolutely suggest that u should use handtraps cuz they r mostly staples that u need to craft for other decks anyway, the breakers arent the same unfortunately. But for this account i only play sky striker on so theres no shortage of resources, i have all the handtraps and the boardbreakers at 3x each myself so i could try everything

@@frozenbyicebeam that makes perfect sense, thanks a lot for elaborating 🙏! I’ll probably invest slowly and over time in the deck

Lol not sure where did u hear it from but have fun!

U2!!!

Ah yes, i did try e-con, its definitely a usable cheap option and dodging imperm is nice indeed, but it is still a 2 for 1 after all and if it gets negated it feels really bad, and u have to have a monster on the field first so it limits the flexibility of the plays and force a specific order, mind con can force an interuption immediately and allows u to bait out negate sooner so u can resolve ur better cards is definitely nicer, a small example would be if u have raye and mind con in ur hand against a negate, its certainly better than raye and econ right? Good call on the budget part tho cuz mind con is not a staple in anyway and spending UR crafting hurts for ppl who dont use it often, not a bad alternative if ur low on CP

@@frozenbyicebeam Noted, thanks for the input.

I dont play TCG a lot but u definitely need handtraps in the side as u said, and stuffs lile dbarrier, threatening roar could also work

@@frozenbyicebeam I agree. I'm trying a mix between handtraps and boardbreakers in the main deck but I feel like when I open 1 handtrap (sometimes even two) it doesn't help enough and it evens triggers Talent if they have it, with almost no payout at all. So I'm considering going all in with the boardbreakers, though if I'm forced to go first... I'm cooked.

Haha and funnily enough, unlike MD, theres tenpai dragon in tcg so the time ur forced to go first even in first game out of 3 is higher

Haha hf man

Hmm its unlikely cuz my mic is really crap rn and youtube is just a hobby so i dont post many vids, hence no good mic yet. And also, sky striker with board breakers is a reactive deck, u dont follow stiff lines, u play depends on how opponents react to each of ur card as they go and the u make decisions accordingly. There r some tricks in the deck for sure but im quite certain any sky striker veterans should have at least a half decent guide for it already, not much to add :D

Dear agh91, I do have many accs and this is actually an alt, but i use different accs to climb with different decks instead of just sticking with 1 Tysm for watching and commenting

Aye hf with the deck

You CAN still go for the grind game, but you'd probably have to run a "going first" build on hand traps or Thrust Trap targets to punish hand traps(stuff that lets you take advantage of getting stuck on Camellia/Temperance/Amblowhale), Eagle Booster for surviving through backrow wipes, and some combination of Pot of Avarice and Hercules Base to recoup all the one of monsters being played(or draw cards if you can make/steal a big bungus). Backrow decks are the only potential annoyance I've found in that regard since your main answers to backrow are stuff like S:P, H.A.M.P. crashing and REALLY slow board wipes(I refuse to play multiples of a HOPT card like LS that can't even do anything if you control a face-up, especially one that the opponent probably stuffed onto your field(even the Vaylantz fields stuff it), Evenly Matched also often feels terrible for similar reasons but at least can be spammed more easily). Accesscode is too easily stuffed by a Veiler, removal trap or sometimes even Nibiru for me to consider it reliable backrow coverage either. Engage Zero is Linkage support, if you don't run 3 Linkage you probably don't want to run it. The only time the board wipe probably matters is under Skill Drain, and you still need to pair it with Droplet to pull that off, which is not a great option for monster theft OTK for obvious reasons(you need things to have ATK so you can beat them to death with their own obnoxious boards).

If naturia is the most common deck on the ladder i would be running droplets and some imperms for it, but ever since calamity is banned, i dont see em in high ranks anymore, and aside from naturia beasts spell hates like anti-spell fragance, secret village and virus r also not that common either, u make the meta call and use the cards that r good against the most common deck u see to build ur deck and rn the meta decks dont run any of those, so i didnt feel the need to put in those aids for the diseases i see only once in 100 games maybe? And thanks for the sub! Enjoy ur stay :D

@@frozenbyicebeam ah I see! So you build decks for the meta, I’ve been trying to build mine for every available option, as I seem to play a lot of floodgates/stun decks! I guess it’s a scoop if you face a Naturia Beast then?😂

@@frozenbyicebeam yeah man, your skipping the opponents initial turn 1 is great too, usually I have to do that myself on other videos hahah!

@@samuelconway8961 it depends cuz u do have kurikara to tribute over it so dont give up just yet, and yes i climb to M1 so obviously i have to build to play against meta, its just natur...al! Got em

xD

U use the stolen monster as link material

I actually went into it a lot, but those replays arent really good so i didnt put those in the video, if ur opponent doesnt maxx C you, u always have an option to go for the grind game even with this build, unfortunately them having maxx C is like...most of the time and i really hate that. As for the grind game build, since i never play the same decklists each month, ull likely get one next month..maybe And that wont include any of the new supports aside from camellia most likely, becuz i cant lie, if i think a card is not good to use in the current meta i wont use it and i only use builds that i get to M1 with while also having fun and not having to struggle. Im sure u can push through M1 if you play enough games, even with cyanos but that would take a lot more time due to the fact that new support cards dont really have a place in the deck yet so u would have a really difficult time coping (its a shame really cuz cyanos is the type of card that would be highlighted in replays thanks to the amount of plays u make with the card compared to camellia which has a unique unseen advantage in summoning condition)

@@frozenbyicebeam yes i think I really get your point with the grind game, but it just happened that I pulled literally 5 of the new Monster that cannot be used as a link material (:Engage Zero!" I THINK it was), so I thought that I have to use it, since it is easy for sky striker to bait all their negates and then wiping the board would be pretty cool. Nevertheless the other Boss Monsters really seem specific and underwhelmimg, I really hope they can have their spotlight sometime but the exttadeck is just too tight for niche interactions (negate on chainlink 2 ir higher/ equip to your monster) Thank you for your fast upload and response, I wish you the best

@@kayne_vk ah lol Well in all seriousness i dont think engage zero is a bad card, its just that even if u bait all the interaction and wipe their board, u cant even link it away for shizuku so ull have to spend linkage as well...thats a lot of work, also with the meta deck that likes being destroyed....the raigeki effect wont turn out good for us lol But yeah as i said in the vid, these cards might be good one day, just not now or in the near future and ill wait for it And thanks for watching and commenting broski!

It is a wild build after all 🫡

Hmm i did complete stage 1 but wont be participating stage 2. Normally if i have time and i wanna test my deck, ill give it a go, but this months pretty occupied for me and also grinding stage 2 is quite pointless as i have no intention to compete for world (if thats even possible with all the veteran competitors? Lol)

Haha hopefully ur gonna enjoy it, sky striker is one of the most fun deck to pilot imo

@@frozenbyicebeam That's what I heard and saw, I've being mindlessly playing numeron so far for quick wins but playing something with more depth and that requires thinking is very appealing

Prolly didnt realize or they just dont wanna give u the satisfaction

Mind control?

@@frozenbyicebeam Ah, okay thanks! I never had the idea of using Sky as an OTK. Love it. Trying the deck out now

Hmm i actually did that in the past but the thing is i climb to M1 always so the amount of replays against meta decks r a lot and ppl normally had issues watching meta combos again and again in ranked already so they would prefer to not watch em again if they can help it, hence why i decided to cut the opponents turn for the blind 2nd videos

@@frozenbyicebeam its fine actually. I'm just wondering like how u decided to break the board when u know their distruption. Example 1st match vs tear idk cryme was added or it was in the hand, so how u decided what action to do that's what i need to know. Cuz i have not seen this kinda playstyle thats why i could not analyze their set up when u cut it.

Ah yes that makes sense if you wanna also do a mini quest of figuring out how to break it urself while watching which i think is super fun, unfortunately i gotta prioritize the majority haha. Next time just pretend that the mysterious set card is the worst thing that happened, for this instance even if they didnt search it, u might as well assumed that they hard drew it, if u can afford to play around it with the spared cards u have, u should do it!!! (In this case the spared card i spent was herald of the abyss)

I really dont like running cyanos cuz it plays poorly into maxx C which i have to deal with most of the time and if ur opponent knows how sky striker works and they have a way to flip ur roze and cyanos facedown, u prolly have to draw an out to clear the main monster zone for ur spell. It also feels bad if cyanos gets negated cuz it requires u discarding a spell. I personally dont think its a good card to use rn, yet

yessir

Sky striker's play style is definitely one of the most interesting out there, for ppl who dont play the deck, all they can think of is some "Raye is 13" meme and it never crosses their mind that the deck is simply interesting gameplay wise

@frozenbyicebeam it certainly is different than any other deck. Buy because of that your opponents may not know how to counter it.

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I dont think ppl r gonna do that cuz mikanko is not a common deck rn and there r some blind 2nd deck that will just flat out kill u if you dont have a board presence (even mikanko could still otk if on an empty board if they draw the hand they need). And standard sky striker deck does have a way of doing it with linkage, sure this build isnt particularly good for that but they dont know my deck, they can somewhat guess that im playing sky striker sure but in no world they would guess that i play 1 linkage.

@@frozenbyicebeam that make sense. I forgot u play in master rank, literally the highest rank and nobody gonna play mikanko there.

They won't. I've been playing Strikers for months and 9 of 10 games they let me go second. It's no problem.

Haha ur not the only one apparently

I did mention a few cards not appearing in the final list in the pinned comment

Yep, pretty much! Altho the meta decks atm always go first so its not an issue (we also dont have TCG bo3 so it should be fine, until tenpai comes around that is....story for another day) Thanks for watching!

@@frozenbyicebeamI’ma run a tenpai sky striker deck when it comes out

Haha, vaalmonica is definitely one of those decks that brick more often than usual and its also quite irritating to play through just 1 imperm/veiler sometimes

Ah that would be too much bricks unfortunately and kurikara is definitely not that essential to a point where u have to search it whatever the cost

I dont think so cuz its not once per turn and the stolen monster can also attack, very fitting for this OTK build

@@frozenbyicebeam I see, gonna dismantle some card 🤣

@@s1teknikelektroazizreileaa271 haha if u think this fun build is worth it. I have an account just to play sky striker so i dont really have problems with the materials

I think its dancing sword of the storm or sth like that from another eden's battle theme

@frozenbyicebeam Thank you! Good duels btw!

Haha, weather report...

Looks like konami is doing quantity over quality on this one sadly And thanks for watching!

I dont get it, its not a meta deck and it can be beaten by any other half decent deck in the world if you understand how it works, and floating during battle phase is nothing compared to the top decks atm which floats whenever they like and not just BP

@@frozenbyicebeam It's because I don't understand it and because it floats that I never land the killing blow before their next turn when they start searching more spells to outlast me. I don't like playing meta because its not fun tryharding so I stay away from snake eyes and when it comes to other decks, i use rogue variants with my own spice instead of copying exactly what other people do.

It doesnt fit this build, this is an otk build and avarice is for the grind game which works best if u run lots of handtraps

@@frozenbyicebeam you can use it for otk this type of build you just got into all your link 1s and 1 link2 then use pot of avarice I tested it a lot n use it first turn pretty often when I draw it

if u feel like ur rng is kinda mid and dont wanna randomly lose all ur important spells then yeah lol, i usually rotate raigeki/droplet in and out for mind con to test em out and it feels like mind con fits better in this build, droplet and raigeki r definitely good however

@@frozenbyicebeam thank you

GlitchxCity, final fantasy, those who fought or sth like that

​@@frozenbyicebeam TKS Bro!

​@@frozenbyicebeam BGM OF THE FIFTH GAME?

Hmm, i mean, i went straight from D5 to M1 with this deck and gather replays so i dont see these as "rarely" per say...basically having to do this every month constantly

The funny thing is that even if so its still a slightly worse Change of Heart, time to release Snatch Steal!!!

@@frozenbyicebeam why not play falling down or reflection rondo. edit: nvm they're bad and hopt

@@user-rb6vj7xb3t ?

Brother in which world r u gonna pick going 2nd if you win the coin toss, which meta deck at the moment goes 2nd? In high ranks they all play competant decks, sure there r some ppl that play blind 2nd but thats rare and mind you i did reach master 1 this season and thats an enough proof it works simply becuz the amount of ppl who blind 2nd is low enough already

LMAO

Oh it is

The pleasure is mine ;D

Thanks for the kind words! And yes, i climb with sky striker monthly and certainly some months r weirder than others 😄